Domaćin donosi sok.

The host is bringing juice.

Breakdown of Domaćin donosi sok.

• sok: juice
• doneti: to bring
• domaćin: the host

Questions & Answers about Domaćin donosi sok.

What does domaćin mean exactly?

Domaćin most often means host in a social situation, but it can also mean head of the household, master of the house, or even someone who runs/keeps a home well, depending on context.

In this sentence, the most natural interpretation is the host.

What case is domaćin, and how do I know it is the subject?

Domaćin is in the nominative singular, which is the normal case for the subject of the sentence.

Here:

• domaćin = the person doing the action
• donosi = the action
• sok = the thing being brought

So domaćin is the subject because it is the one who brings.

Why is sok not changed? Shouldn’t the object have a special ending?

Good question. Sok is the direct object, so it is in the accusative case.

But for many masculine inanimate nouns in Serbian, the accusative singular looks exactly the same as the nominative singular.

So:

• nominative: sok
• accusative: sok

That is why you do not see a change here.

Why is there no word for the or a?